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63181 
Journal Article 
Abstract 
The metabolism of [14C]hexachloroethane 
Jondorf, WR; Parke, DV; Williams, RT 
1957 
Yes 
Biochemical Journal
ISSN: 0264-6021
EISSN: 1470-8728 
NIOSH/00060207 
65 
14P-15P 
The metabolism of carbon-14(C-14) labeled hexachloroethane(C2-C116) (67721) was studied in experimental rabbits. Three days after feeding the animals 0.5 g/kg C2-C116 containing C-14 in both carbon (7440440) atoms, 5 percent of the radioactivity appeared in the urine and 14-24 percent in the expired air. Analysis of labeled metabolites in the urine and the expired air by chromatography and isotope-dilution techniques yielded a number of chlorinated and other compounds, including the highly toxic urinary metabolite monochloroacetic-acid (79118).